Comment / Opinion

Think your own music is good? Listen to these tracks from SOS readers and see if you agree with the good Doctor's prognosis...

Paul White gets annoyed at the tendency for operating systems to attempt to second-guess what you want to do... and inevitably get it wrong.

How do you see the producer's role in the studio? Singer/songwriter Seal has some fairly clear ideas on the subject...

Listen to the music while you read constructive comments from MPG (Music Producers Guild) members on SOS readers' submitted recordings.

Replies to a few more of your letters, emails, and faxes.

Think your music is good? Read the good Doctor's track analysis of their good and bad points...

So you think missing a lecture of your music tech course won't harm your career prospects? Read on...

Who'd want to be a writer of manuals? The endless showbiz parties, awards, book-signings and... hang on a minute...

More constructive comments from MPG (Music Producers Guild) members on SOS readers' submitted recordings.

We respond to another batch of reader emails and letters.

Listen to the tracks while you read what the Doctor thought of another batch of lucky SOS readers' demos.

Now that studio equipment is getting cheaper and smaller, Paul White argues it makes sense to spend some of the money saved on making our studios nicer...

Paul Wiffen reflects on the evolving role of the programmer and the lonely life of the modern studio musician.

We respond to another batch of reader emails and letters.

Hard drives are getting bigger and that can only be good, right? Well, up to a point...

When studios are increasingly dominated by software, why are we still hanging on to hardware design paradigms?

Another group of Music Producers Guild members proffer their constructive comments on the recordings of more SOS readers...

Another batch of reader's correspondence.

Another batch of lucky SOS readers' demos wait nervously for the Doctor's prognosis. What is the verdict? Listen while you read on...

Editor-in-Chief Paul White suggests that non-conformity and individualism might be one recipe for longterm musical success.

An expert in acoustic treatment argues that a proper recording studio is much more than a collection of great gear.